Art and culture from Florence, Italy, focusing on exhibitions, museums, artisans and more.
Born in the Versilia area in 1936, Piero Barberi partied with Giovanni Agnelli and crafted a lampshade for singer Mina.
An interview with Biba Giacchetti about the Elliott Erwitt exhibition at Villa Bardini this October.
Three conversations with women in Tuscany about their cultural endeavours.
The exhibition titled "Botticelli and Renaissance Florence" is the result of a collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries.
It is the first Italian exhibition dedicated to British designers Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell.
Inside the home of Nano Campeggi, the man who painted dreams.
The 19th-century rediscovery of Botticelli’s Dante drawings brought scholars and art lovers to their knees: this work embodied everything the Renaissance had come to mean.
Work on the Gipsoteca is finally complete, marking the end of a museum-wide project of modernization.
The Tehran-born artist speaks about his career and works on display at La Ménagère.
Contemporary Florence takes flight in piazza del Carmine, piazza San Firenze + piazza del Grano.
A conversation with artist Nafisa about her new book and her love of Florence.
The Pietrasanta-based artist discusses the significance of the works on display in Florence and his view on contemporary art’s role in society.
Maria Annunziata Carolina Bonaparte, the youngest sister of Napoleon Bonaparte and Queen of Naples, was buried in the San Salvi Church.
Women in Balance 1955/1965 at the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum starts with a display dedicated to Wanda Miletti Ferragamo (1921-2018) and leads into social history in the 1950s and 60s.
Marquis Lionardo Lorenzo Ginori Lisci pledges 16 Baroque artifacts to the leading Florentine cultural institution.
The Palazzo Davanzati Museum has reopened after being completely rearranged and renovated during six months of intense work.
This month, the restored San Nicola di Bari in Gloria will be returned to the Church of San Niccolò.
Cosimo I is dismounted from his horse in piazza Signoria for the first time since the Second World War.
Having completed restoration, the Salviati Chapel is being opened to the public for the first time in decades.
Freshly restored, Artemisia Gentileschi’s 'Maddalena Penitente' painting was likely painted in Florence during the artist’s stay at the Medici court.
Bestselling author Frances Mayes entertains us with anecdotes from her life in Cortona, and reading and writing tips ahead of the publication of her new book, A Place in the World.
The Andrea Bocelli Foundation has joined forces with online bidding auctioneer for special objects Catawiki to raise funds.
Six women in Florence discuss their work with sustainable textiles, clothing and home décor in Florence and environs.
Muscular and monolithic, Emanuele Giannelli’s "Mr. Arbitrium" will remain on show by the San Lorenzo Basilica until October 31.